Easy Street 2.7
Copyright 1993-1995, SouthTech Computing
All Rights Reserved
Portions Copyright Microsoft Corp., Pinnacle Publishing, Inc., 
and Apex Software Corp.

Thank you for trying Easy Street!  This is a fully functional
shareware release.  It helps you track your stock market 
investments, and features automatic download of quotes and 
other financial information.  We hope you will find 
it valuable and easy to use.

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INSTALLATION: 
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1.      Download the ezstreet.zip file (guess you've 
	already done this, huh?).

2.      Unzip to a temporary directory or two
	3.5" 1.44 MB diskettes.  

3.      If you are installing the new version of Easy Street over
	an existing version, please backup your data and programs prior
	to proceeding.

4.      Under Windows, run the setup.exe program from 
	the temporary directory or diskette.

5.      Answer the prompt for the name of the directory
	you want to install to.

6.      The Windows VSHARE.386 or DOS SHARE.EXE program must be loaded
	to use Easy Street.  If you get a Sharing Violation error when 
	attempting to start up Easy Street, add VSHARE.386 to the SYSTEM.INI
	file OR SHARE.EXE to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  VSHARE.386 is preferred.

	VSHARE.386 in SYSTEM.INI file:
	In more recent installations of Windows VSHARE.386 is included to handle
	file sharing.  It can be found in the Windows/System subdirectory.
	It is loaded when Windows starts up from a command in the Windows
	SYSTEM.INI file.  You can verify this by checking the [386Enh] section 
	of your Windows SYSETM.INI for the entry 'device=vshare.386'.  If this 
	option is specified and VSHARE.386 is located in your Windows/System
	subdirectory, then the sharing requirements of Easy Street are met.
	If the option is not included in the SYSTEM.INI file, then add it,
	ensuring the VSHARE.386 file is available.
	
	OR
	
	SHARE.EXE in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
	Add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, before the Windows 
	startup command:

	C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100 

	This addition assumes your DOS directory is C:\DOS.  If this
	is not the case, substitue the correct DOS directory in
	the command line.  Ensure the SHARE.EXE program is in 
	your DOS directory.

7.      Run Easy Street and review Help for more 
	information.

Note: you MUST use the setup program to uncompress the files 
and install them to the proper directories.  Also, installing 
the new version of Easy Street will not affect existing 
portfolio data, except when loading the existing data into Easy 
Street.  When loading existing data (pre-version 2.1) into Easy 
Street, a data conversion process will automatically be 
performed.  It is recommended you backup your existing data and 
programs prior to installing version 2.7 of Easy Street, 
although Easy Street will automoatically make a data backup 
prior to conversion.

If you have suggestions, questions, or problems, contact:

SouthTech Computing
P.O. Box 951947
Lake Mary, FL 32795-1947

Voice: 407-321-4871
CompuServe: 72315,16


This is a fully functional copy of the Easy Street software.  This 
version of Easy Street is distributed as shareware.  You are encouraged 
to use Easy Street on your desktop computers at home and at work, and on 
your notebook computer on the road.  You are also encouraged to share 
Easy Street with your friends and associates, and to post it on any 
bulletin boards, on-line forums, or FTP sites that you frequent.  We 
ask that you distribute the entire Easy Street package with all 
(and only) the original files in the original condition in which you 
received them.  You may not sell or charge others for using Easy Street.  
SouthTech Computing retains full and exclusive rights of ownership 
and distribution of the Easy Street software.

If you find Easy Street to be useful and continue to use it after a 
reasonable evaluation period, you are encouraged to register your copy.  
The registration fee is $30.00 US, payable by check in U.S. funds drawn 
on a U.S. bank, or by international postal money orders in U.S. funds.  
North American residents include $3.00 for shipping/handling, others include
$5.00.  Florida residents please include 6% sales tax ($1.80).

Please complete the registration form, which can be found in the Help,
and make checks payable to SouthTech Computing.  

COMPUSERVE SHAREWARE REGISTRATION
You may register on-line through the CompuServe Shareware Registration 
Service. To access CompuServe Shareware Registration, use GO SWREG.  
The Easy Street shareware registration ID is 6999.  


CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY
You can order with MC, Visa, Amex, or Discover from Public (software) Library by 
calling 800-2424-PsL (800-242-4775) or 713-524-6394 or by FAX to 713-524-6398 or by 
CIS Email to 71355,470. You can also mail credit card orders to PsL at P.O.Box 35705, 
Houston, TX 77235-5705.  Ask for Easy Street, product #14176.

THE ABOVE NUMBERS ARE FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLY. SOUTHTECH COMPUTING CANNOT BE 
REACHED AT THESE NUMBERS.

Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration 
options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, 
site licenses, non-credit card orders, etc, must be directed to SouthTech Computing 
at the address shown below.

To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify us the day of your order 
and we will ship the product directly to you.



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IMPORTANT!
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If you were using a previous version of Easy Street, you must 
review your modem setup under the Settings menu, Port option, Modem
option, and Session option. The modem setup has changed extensively.  
Refer to the Changes in version 2.7 section of this README.TXT file
or Help for additional information.

Note:  when selecting the model of your modem, if you do not see the 
exact model, select the closest one.  Testing has shown that you 
should use the Auto-reliable or MNP-4 mode entry for your modem if 
there is one listed and your exact modem model is not listed.

Special note to U.S. Robotics modem users and other users of 14.4 or 
greater modems, Easy Street now works at the higher baud rates.  
When setting the baud rate under the Settings|Port option, consider the
following recommendations:  set the baud rate to 57.6Kbps for 16550 UART
chip set, 38.4Kbps for a 16450 UART, or 19.2Kbps for an 8250 UART.  


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Changes in version 2.7
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1.  Implemented new communication controls/drivers with new port
    and modem setup dialogues. To setup the new communications
    capabilities on your computer:

    a. Select the Settings|Port menu option.  Enter the appropriate
       port settings for your computer. 

       For US Robotics 14.4 (or most other 14,400 or greater modems),
       set the baud rate to 57,600.  For slower modesm, set the
       line speed to the maximum speed of your modem.

       Standard settings for CompuServe are 7 data bits, Even 
       parity, and 1 stop bit.

       Set Flow control to RTS/CTS flow control. 

       Set Echo off.

       Set the comm port to the correct comm port for your
       system.

       Set DTR on.

       Set RTS on.

       Save your port settings.  Settings are saved in your
       Easy Street directory in file EZCOMM.INI.

    b. Select the Settings|Modem menu option.  

       Select the make of your modem, i.e. USR, Hayes, etc.

       Select the model of your modem, or the closest one.
       NOTE: testing has shown that you should use the 
       Auto-reliable or MNP-4 mode entry for you modem if 
       it has one.

       If you are not sure of your modem brand, select Hayes
       Compatible.

       To view/changes the modem settings for the selected
       modem, select the Utility|Edit Settintgs menu option 
       from the modem setup dialogue.

       Save your modem settings.  Settings are saved in your
       Easy Street directory in file EZCOMM.INI.

       NOTE: the first time you run the modem setup dialogue,
       if your modem doesn't respond when you press 'OK', 
       turn it off and back on, then try again.  This may be
       due to an incompatible default.

    c. Select the Settings|Session menu option. If you were
       previously using Easy Street, these settings should
       already be set. If you are a new user, enter your 
       CompuServe ID, password, and CompuServe access number.
       This dialogue is also where you enter the modem
       autodial frequency.  Save your settings.  These settings
       are saved in your Easy Street directory in file
       EZSTREET.INI.

    You should now be ready to dial CompuServe to download
    current quotes, company info, or historical quotes.  If 
    your modem has trouble connecting, you may need to try a 
    different modem make/model, or you may need to adjust the
    default modem initialization string provided for your
    modem.


2.  Quotes|Import/Export options:  now include functionality to 
    import/export two file formats, comma delimited and quote 
    quote qualifiers.  The Quote qualifier format was added for
    users of the international currency format where decimal
    identifiers are commas.


3.  Updated to handle international currencies and dates.


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Changes in version 2.6b
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1.  Added notification of waiting e-mail and ENS news in the current
    quotes report. 

2.  Fixed current quotes print button to print entire report, not just
    first couple of pages.

3.  Added menu option under 'Reports' to view last current quotes report.

4.  Added menu option under 'Reports' to view last communications log.

5.  Adjusted the get quotes script to handle recent changes in message
    CIS formats, including fix to allow download of DJ 30 quote.

6.  Modified get quotes to record the last change date/time reported by 
    CIS instead of current PC time.

7.  Adjusted logon scripts.

8.  Splits no longer adjust historical quotes database.  

9.  Import quotes and Get Historical Quotes (from CIS) now update
    the security current quote if imported/downloaded quote is more 
    current than the current quote of the security.

10. Get company info no longer hangs if invalid company symbol is
    entered. Note: it won't continue downloading a list of multiple
    copmanies, but instead logs off immediatlely without hanging
    the modem.  In this case you will have to retry the download
    after removing the bad symbol from the list.

11. Miscellaneous cosmetic fixes.


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Changes in version 2.6a
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1.  Corrected Portfolio report to display totals correctly.  Formatting was
    only showing 1000s of dollars.  Also added decimals to number of units and
    added a column for current quote amount.

2.  Modified Transaction Summary report to include decimals with unit quantities.


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New for version 2.6
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1.  New feature to allow downloading company information or
    historical quotes for multiple securities in one session.  This
    is accomplished by making multiple selections on the Portfolio
    display window.  To use the new multiple selection feature for
    Company Info and Historical Quotes:

    a. Open the portfolio containing the securities you wish to update.
    b. Move the mouse pointer to the extreme left area of the first column
       of the row containing the security to be selected. The cursor will 
       change from an arrow to a 'check mark'.  
    c. While the cursor is a 'check mark', click in the leftmost area to 
       select the highlighted security.  Do not click on the check box
       unless you wish to change the 'force display' status of the row.
       The force display status box for 'view all' is independent and 
       not affected by multiple selection.
    d. Repeat the selection process for each security to be included.
       To unselect a security, just click again in the selection area.
       While selecting multiple securities, the highlight bar changes from
       blue to red.  Selected securities are displayed as red on white, or
       white on red if currently highlighted.  Unselected securities are
       displayed in the normal blue on white colors, or black on red if
       currently highlighted.
    e. Select either the 'Securities/Get Company Info' option or the 
       'Quotes/Historical Quotes' option to download company info or 
       historical quotes for the selected securities.  All the securities 
       will be updated in one session.  

    Two new menu options under the 'Securities' menu are provided to 
    'Select All' securities and to 'Unselect All' securites.

2.  New feature to allow deletion of all transactions and/or quotes for
    a security.  This feature is useful if you frequently import quotes 
    from another source and would like to delete the existing data before 
    re-importing.  The 'Securities/Delete' option now includes a dialogue that
    lets you specify whether to delete the security (along with all its
    related quotes and transactions), only the quotes, only the transactions,
    or quotes and transactions, leaving the security information intact.
    Highlight the desired security and select the 'Security/Delete' menu option.
    Check the appropriate boxes and press 'OK' to proceed, or press 'Cancel' to 
    cancel the deletion.  Note that if you select only 'Security', then quotes and
    transactions are also deleted.  It is not possible to delete a security and
    leave the quotes and transactions.  You will receive a confirmation message 
    to verify the action you specified before proceeding.  


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New for version 2.5 
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1.  New feature to allow copying security info between portfolios.
    to use the new feature, first open the portfolio to which you 
    want to copy security information.  Then, select the 'Securities' 
    menu, then select the 'copy' option.  From the file select dialogue, 
    select the portfolio file from which you which to copy security
    info.  Then select the security or securities to be copied from
    the list.  Finally, specify what data to copy, i.e. just the
    basic security info, quotes, and/or transactions.  Press 'OK' to 
    complete the copy operation or 'Cancel' to cancel.

2.  Minor correction to the logoff/disconnect routines.

3.  Corrected floating point rounding errors for fractions 
    of units bought and sold. 
 

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New for version 2.4 
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1.  You can now specify the default portfolio to be opened when
    Easy Street is started.  Before, Easy Street always opened
    portfolio 'MAIN.PFO'.  Now, you can open a portfolio, select
    the 'File/Default' menu option, and specify the currently 
    opened portfolio to be the portfolio that is opened when
    Easy Street is started.  

2.  New Auto-Update feature.  This feature lets you specify a 
    list of portfolios to be updated whenever the 'Current Quotes'
    (download quotes) option is selected.  To enable this feature:

    a. Select the 'Settings/Auto-update' menu option.
    b. Click the 'Add' button.
    c. Select a portfolio file to be added to the list and click 'OK'
    d. Repeat b and c for each portfolio you want to add to the list
    e. Click the 'Auto Update Enabled' checkbox on
    f. Click the 'OK' button

    Now, each time you select 'Current Quotes' (or click on the 
    get quotes toolbar icon), Easy Street downloads quotes for
    the currently open portfolio, then proceeds to download quotes
    for each portfolio in the list.  If the currently open portfolio
    is also in the list, it is skipped, that is it will not update
    the same portfolio twice since it was already updated.  

    To temporarily disable the feature without modifying the list,
    simply turn off the 'Auto Update Enabled' checkbox.  This will 
    cause Easy Street to only update the currently open portfolio 
    and not process the entire list.  When you want to resume 
    auto-update, turn the 'Auto Update Enabled' checkbox back on.

    Note: the reports that are displayed after each download are
    written to file 'ezqrpt.txt' in your Easy Street directory. 
    This file can be viewed with a text editor such as Windows
    Notepad and/or printed.


3.  Communications routines enhanced to implement the above new 
    features and for improved handling of the communications port to
    better handle a wider variety of modems and settings.

4.  Changed quote download routine to handle recent change in 
    CompuServe response to 'xxxx not found' message when an invalid
    symbol is included in the portfolio.


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Fixes in version 2.3
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1.  Changed to correctly handle price data conversion for users
    with different Windwos Control Panel currency formatting 
    options.


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Fixes in version 2.2 
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1.  Comm port setup for historical quotes and company info 
    changed to be consistent with current quotes. 

2.  Portfolio report lists all owned securities, not just the
    ones displayed on the portfolio screen. 

3.  Automatic new user e-mail notification feature removed.



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New for version 2.0 (see help for details)
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1.  New moving average graph (Quotes menu)

2.  New unrealized/annualized gain calculation (Transactions menu)

3.  New portfolio history display/graph (Securities menu)

4.  New notes database capability (Securities menu)

5.  New voice/sound options for price download (Settings menu) 

6.  New option to force include securities in portfolio view

7.  Enhanced table/grid displays

8.  Enhanced graph options and printing

9.  Enhanced price download report with price alerts

10. Modem setup now supports 14.4KB line speed

11. Right button on portfolio view now pops up security edit window

12. Click on price history graph point reveals data detail screen 




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EASY STREET FILES AND DIRECTORIES
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NOTE: EZSTREET refers to the directory in which you installed 
Easy Street when you ran the Setup program.  WINDOWS\SYSTEM 
refers to your Windows System directory and could be named 
differently on your system.

FILE            DIRECTORY       
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EZSTREET.EXE    EZSTREET
EZSTREET.HLP    EZSTREET
MODEMS.DAT      EZSTREET
PERS.MOD        EZSTREET
PFO.MOD         EZSTREET
README.TXT      EZSTREET
GRAPH.VBX       EZSTREET
GSW.EXE         EZSTREET
GSWDLL.DLL      EZSTREET
SETUP.EXE       EZSTREET
SETUP.LST       EZSTREET
DING.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF0.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF1.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF2.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF3.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF4.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF5.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF6.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF7.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF8.WAV        EZSTREET
EZF9.WAV        EZSTREET
EZFALERT.WAV    EZSTREET
EZFDOWN.WAV     EZSTREET
EZFGETQ.WAV     EZSTREET
EZFHAVQ.WAV     EZSTREET
EZFPOINT.WAV    EZSTREET
EZFPORT.WAV     EZSTREET
EZFUP.WAV       EZSTREET
EZM0.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM1.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM2.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM3.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM4.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM5.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM6.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM7.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM8.WAV        EZSTREET
EZM9.WAV        EZSTREET
EZMALERT.WAV    EZSTREET
EZMDOWN.WAV     EZSTREET
EZMGETQ.WAV     EZSTREET
EZMHAVQ.WAV     EZSTREET
EZMPOINT.WAV    EZSTREET
EZMPORT.WAV     EZSTREET
EZMUP.WAV       EZSTREET
EZMEMAIL.WAV	EZSTREET
EZFEMAIL.WAV	EZSTREET
CMDIALOG.VBX    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
COMMDLG.DLL     WINDOWS\SYSTEM
MMSYSTEM.DLL    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
MSAES110.DLL    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
MSAFINX.DLL     WINDOWS\SYSTEM
MSAJT110.DLL    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
MSCOMM.VBX      WINDOWS\SYSTEM
MSMASKED.VBX    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
TRUEGRID.VBX    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
VBDB300.DLL     WINDOWS\SYSTEM
VBRUN300.DLL    WINDOWS\SYSTEM
VER.DLL         WINDOWS\SYSTEM
PDQCOMMX.DLL	WINDOWS\SYSTEM
PDQCOMM2.VBX	WINDOWS\SYSTEM


In addition, Easy Street creates an EZSTREET.INI file, an
EZCOMM.INI file, and an EZPLIST.LST in the EZSTREET directory the 
first time it is run.  A MAIN.PFO portfolio database file is also 
created in the EZSTREET directory the first time Easy Street is 
run.  Any other portfolio files you create are created in the 
directory you specify when you create them.  Each time you download 
quotes, Easy Street creates a file called EZCOMM.LOG in the EZSTREET 
directory.  

If you are installing over a version prior to 2.1, the MAIN.PFO is 
automatically upgraded.  Other portfolio databases are upgraded 
the first time they are accessed by the new version.  

To uninstall Easy Street, delete all the files in the Easy 
Street directory.  The files in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory 
are common files used by many Windows applications.  It is not 
recommended that you delete the files in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM 
directory unless you are absolutely sure they are not used by 
any other applications.  

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Special note to users of Visual Basic or applications that use
Visual Basic GRAPH controls:
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Easy Street version 2.7 includes an upgraded distribution 
version of the Pinnacle Publishing Graphics Server and 
ChartBuilder graphing custom control.  The new version of the 
graph control is not compatible with the version shipped with 
Visual Basic or any applications that use that version.  (The 
version shipped with Easy Street is a distribution version and 
cannot be used for VB development.  To obtain a licensed 
development version of the new graph controls, contact Pinnacle 
Publishing directly at 206-251-3513.)

As a workaround, Easy Street installs the new graph DLL and VBX 
files into its own application subdirectory and does NOT 
replace the versions installed into the WINDOWS\SYSTEM 
subdirectory by VB or other VB applications.  The original 
graph controls are still accessible to VB or other VB 
applications.  Unfortunately, there is a potential conflict 
because both versions of the graph controls use the same 
internal module names.  

According to Pinnacle Publishing, this should not cause a 
problem as long as Easy Street is always run before any other 
VB application that use the earlier graph controls.  This 
problem will be resolved in a future version of Easy Street 
that incorporates new versions of the Pinnacle Publishing 
Graphics Server and Chartbuilder custom controls when they are 
available.




